Mendon's Brooke Howard eclipsed the 1,000 point mark on Monday night as the junior led the Hornets with 25 points in a 44-22 win at Quincy.

Mendon got going right out of the gate with a 10-5 first quarter, where Howard scored half those points herself. Jenna Griffith tripled and Cierra Furlong added two points to round out the scoring in the opening stanza.

The second quarter was more of the same, as Mendon went on an 11-2 run to open the quarter to give the Lady Hornets a 21-7 lead midway through. Howard hit the first two buckets of the run, followed by a bucket from Alexis Russell and then Howard completed a three-point play before Mendon scored again on the following trip to end the run.

After a Quincy basket, Howard tripled to make it a 24-9 game. Both teams added another bucket before the half, and the Hornets enjoyed a 26-11 lead at the break.

Both teams struggled to score in the third, as Quincy outscored Mendon, 7-6. Howard tallied all of Mendon's points in that third quarter, as the visitors led 32-18 going into the fourth. In the final stanza, Mendon played much tougher defense and produced a 7-2 run to go up 40-20.

Grace Leighton scored Mendon's final four points, as the Quincy offense continued to struggle with finding any consistency.

Howard led all scorers with 25 points. Jenna Griffith added seven and Leighton had six. Furlong, Russell and Shelby Harrison all had two.

Howard had 12 rebounds while Russell added five. Griffith had four assists and six steals in the win for the Lady Hornets.

Mendon improved to 16-1 on the season and travels to Homer tonight for a non-conference matchup.